Series: IMF Special Issues

Author(s):
International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date:
01
March
2007

ISBN: 9781589064416

Explicit subsidies include budgetary subsidies to households for essential commodities, such as wheat, rice, oil, sugar, milk, and cheese; imports of medical equipment and pharmaceuticals; fertilizers; and s...

Series: IMF Special Issues

Author(s):
International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date:
01
March
2007

ISBN: 9781589064416

The Oil Stabilization Fund (OSF) was established in December 2000 with the objective of insulating the budget from fluctuations in oil prices. The fund was established as a foreign currency account at the ce...

Series: IMF Special Issues

Author(s):
International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date:
01
March
2007

ISBN: 9781589064416

Iran faces the challenge of increasing its growth rate to reduce unemployment and improve the living standards of its population over the medium term. Growth performance in recent years (6 percent during 200...

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date:
01
March
2007

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589064416.058

ISBN: 9781589064416

Iran has received much attention from a geopolitical and regional standpoint, but its economic challenges have not attracted a similar degree of interest. With a population of 69 million, considerable hydrocarbon r...